Cigarette ash tray



J1me 1934. A. H. SIMPSON CIGARETTE ASH TRAY Filed March 2, 1932 2Sheets-Sheet l June 26, 1934. A. H. SIMPSON CIGARETTE ASH TRAY FiledMarch 2, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 vgrfnsssss.

Patented June 26, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This inventionrelates to cigarette ash trays or smokers stands having a receptacle forashes and a support for cigarettes.

This invention is directed towards making cigav rette ash traysabsolutely safe wherever the ciga- I'm are placed on same, therebyeliminating an danger of fire and damage. Ashtrays made to previousdesigns are provided with grooves upon which to rest cigarettes or clipsto hold them,

but in all of these designs when the cigarettes burn short, they falloutside the ash tray and are liable to cause fire and damage.

An object of the invention is to provide a support for lightedcigarettes so that they may be 1 placed upon same without it beingpossible for cigarettes or ash from same to fall outside the ash tray. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a cheap and easilymanufactured attachment which can be fitted to any article used as anash tray, such as a saucer or bowl, to make it safe and convenient.

A still further object of the invention is to provide either independentparts or ready means of removing the inner cigarette support, tofacilitate the expeditious cleaning of all parts.

A still further object of the invention is to provide supports uponwhich to safely rest short cigarettes. v

A still further object of the invention is to provide the innersupporting ring with tapered recesses for extinguishing cigarettes. Saidtapered recesses may have small holes leading from them to permit theash to fall or to be forced into the ash tray. Said inner ring may beprovided with clips or projections to support and carry varied types ofmatch holders and/or cards, such as menu or place cards, or otherarticles. Any of the previously mentioned extinguishing recesses, clipsor parts may be integral or attached rigidly or flexibly.

This invention consists in the parts and arrangements hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claims:-

Fig. 1 is a view of an inner support with a grid, to be attached to anexisting ash tray.

Fig. 2 is a view of an inner supporting ring, suitable for cheapmanufacture, to be used, with an existing ash tray.

60 Fig.8 is a view of an ash tray complete with supporting bars, showingpartially burnt cigarette falling into the ash tray.

Fig. 4 is a view of an ash tray and cigarette supports in one piece.

l ig.5isaviewofaninnerringtobeusedwith an existing ash tray, showingsupporting pieces before they are bent or fitted to said ash tray.

Fig. 6 is a broken sectional view of a cigarette stand showing the innerring supporting a cigarette and a partially burnt cigarette falling intosaid stand.

Fig. '7 is a view of an ash tray complete with inner ring.

Fig. 8 is a view of an ash tray complete, showing cigar cutter, innerring, cigarette extinguishing recesses and match holder.

Fig. 9 is a similar view to Fig. 4 showing cigarette extinguishingrecesses and projections to carry match holder.

Fig. 10 is a view of an inner ring with bent wire 7 clips to carryeither book matches or an ordinary match box.

Fig. 11 is a view of an inner supporting ring showing card holder.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a side sectional view of Fig. 11.

Fig. 14 is a sectional view showing the inner ring carrying a dishedgrid, and the ash tray partially filled with sand, salt, water or anyextinguishing composition. I

This invention consists of anash tray with a narrow outside edge whichwill not support a cigarette, in conjunction with an inner framesupported in a suitable manner and maintained at an equal distance fromsaid outside edge. The distance from the outside edge to said innerframe to be approximately the length of a cigarette. The frame in theforegoing statement may be of any shape to conform with the outer edgeof the ash tray, or may be a straight bar. To provide a place upon whichto safely rest short cigarettes there is fitted a grid inside the innersupporting ring, said grid would preferably be approximately of mesh.

Referring to the drawings:-

The ring 10 with the grid 11 is arranged to be carried by the hooks 12and the springs 13, and by the top edge of an ash tray .or dish-notshown. The ring 14 with supporting legs 15 (Fig. 2) is a loose ringwhich is to be used in coniunction with any suitable ash tray 16. Theash tray 17 with the top edge 18 (Fig. 3) has supporting bars 19arranged at a suitable distance away from the top edge 18 of said ashtray, so that, no matter how a lighted cigarette 20 is placed on theedges 18 and 19, when the cigarette 20 smoulders away to the lengthshown at 21, it will fall into the ash tray. The bars are pushed throughthe holes 69 and the ends of the bars 19 are bent to preventdisplacement or are placed in grooves 68 in edges of the ash tray 17.The ash tray 22 has integral portions 23 arranged to support thecigarette, and also permit it to fall into the ash tray when saidcigarette is partially burnt. Indentations 24 are provided in either orboth the supports 23 and the outer top edge 25 to prevent cigarettesfrom rolling. The ring 26, undulated to prevent cigarettes from rolling(Fig. 5) has secured to it supporting bars 27 with extended ends whichcan be bent over or otherwise fastened to an ash tray. The stand 28 withenlarged base 29 (Fig. 6)usually arranged to carry water or weighted toprevent from fallinghas a tapered or curved top 30 with a top outer edge31. Carried by the top 30 is an inner ring 32 of a suitable size tosupport the cigarette 20 on said ring 32 and the outer edge 31. Thecigarette 21 then automatically falls into the stand 28 when burnt shortenough. The inner ring 32 is supported by springs 33 to the top outeredge 31. The ash tray 34 with the top edge 35 has a separate inner ring36 with a top outer edge 37, arranged at a suitable distance away fromthe top edge 35 of the ash tray 34 (Fig. 7), so that, no matter how alighted cigarette is placed on the edges 35 and 37, the said cigarettewill fall into the ash tray when burnt, as previously explained. The ashtray 38 with the cigar cutter 39 and the locating recess 40 has an innerring 41 with extinguishing recesses 42, ash clearing hole and matchholder projection 43 carrying match holder 44 with matches 45. Saidinner ring 41 is located in position by the recess 40. The ash tray 46with supporting bar 47, cigarette extinguishing recess 48 and matchholder projection 49 (Fig. 9) may be made in one piece. The inner ring50 has resilient members 51 formed so that the inner loops 52 grip abook of matches 71. The outer loops 53 are formed to grip the inside ofa match box, and the stops 54'are to position same.

Other cross members 55 may be added as deemed advisable to support,position or strengthen (Figs. 10 and 12) and locating springs 56 forattaching to ash tray are shown. The ash tray 57 with recess 58 locatesfeet 59 on inner ring 60, said feet 59 are bars with the ends reducedand riveted into said ring 60. The ring 60 is made with a bridge acrosscarrying tongues 61 which are bent to form a clip to hold the card 62(Figs. 11 and 13). Said tongues 61 may be made separatedly and rivetedor welded to bridge of ring 60, or directly to the ring 60. The ash tray63 with the top edge 64 and inner ring 65 supports the cigarette 20, thesaid inner ring 65 having a dished open meshed grid 66 which ispartially inserted in the extinguishing composition 67, thus permittingpractically the whole of the area of the extinguishing composition 67 tobe used.

Although not shown it will readily be understood that either or both theinner supporting ring or the ash tray may carry any useful or fancyattachment, such as a statue, lamp, lighter, mirror, inkwell orpen-holder.

With an irregularly shaped ash tray it will be obvious that means toposition the inner frame in spaced relation to the outer edge of the ashtray will be provided. If rectangular or odd shaped, this may be done byplacing the securing hooks or springs at the corners, or with an innerframeof similar design to that shown in Fig. 10, the supporting bars 55may be arranged at the corners to position the inner frame. With adesign as shown at Figs. 18 and 13-except that the cigarette supportingedges are irregularly shapedthe feet 41 and 59 are arranged to fit intothe recesses or grooves.

It will be obvious that means of supporting the previously describedinner frame are almost unlimited, and that changes in the form of thearrangements and parts may be made without departing from the spirit ofthis invention, and that portions may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:--

1. An ash tray comprising a dished receptacle having a narrow upperperipheral supporting face which is of insufficient breadth to support,of itself, a cigarette, an auxiliary supporting member positioned withinthe receptacle having an upper supporting face substantially level withthe upper supporting face of the receptacle and with said uppersupporting faces of said receptacle and member spaced apart a distanceequal to approximately one half the length of an unburnt cigarette, saidspaced apart upper supporting faces being adapted to collectivelysupport a cigarette resting on them and bridging the distance betweenthem, whereby when a burning cigarette is resting upon said supportingfaces the greater portion of the length of the cigarette will at alltimes overlie the receptacle and cause the cigarette to fall into thereceptacle in the event such cigarette burns free from contact with theauxiliary support, said auxiliary supporting memher having supportinglegs resting upon the bottom of the receptacle to position the auxiliarysupporting member with its upper supporting face substantially levelwith the upper supporting face of the receptacle and means within theinterior of said receptacle for centralizing the legs, so that theauxiliary supporting member will be centralized with respect to theupper edge of the receptacle.

2. An ash tray comprising a dished receptacle having a narrow upperperipheral supporting face which is of insuflicient breadth to support,of itself, a cigarette, an auxiliary supporting member positioned withinthe receptacle having an upper supporting face substantially level withthe upper supporting face of the receptacle and with said uppersupporting faces of said receptacle and member spaced apart a distanceequal to approximately one half the length of an unbumt cigarette, saidspaced apart upper supporting faces being adapted to collectivelysupport a cigarette resting on them and bridging the distance betweenthem, whereby when a burning cigarette is resting upon said supportingfaces the greater portion of the length of the cigarette will at alltimes overlie the receptacle and cause the cigarette to fall into thereceptacle in the event such cigarette burns free from contact with theauxiliary support, said auxiliary supporting member having supportinglegs resting upon the bottom of the receptacle to position the auxiliarysupporting member with its upper supporting face substantially levelwith the'upper supporting face of the receptacle, said receptacle beingformed with an internally recessed base interfitting with the legs ofthe auxiliary supporting member for the purpose of centralizing theauxiliary supporting member within the receptacle.

ALBERT HENRY SIMPSON.

